Hello from San Francisco Bay (1 Viewer)

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lenglish

New member

• Sep 4, 2002

• #1

My wife (Joyce Chang) and I live in Los Altos, California, between San Francisco and San Jose, in Silicon Valley. We have been birding for the past 6 years or so; our life list is at 455 worldwide, 385 mainland US, and 339 California. We are retired and in our early 60's. We have two American Shorthair cats (indoors only!) named "YoYo Meow" and "Robert Redcat the Sundance Kid" - or just YoYo and The Kid.

We will be in England in early October, spending four days in the southwest, mostly in Cornwall, and then a week in London. This is not a birding trip but we do intend to spend some time at that. I do have some information on birding in London but not much on Cornwall - pointers from anyone on both areas would be much appreciated.

Larry English

 

Steve

Member

Staff member

• Sep 4, 2002

• #2

HELLO !!!

Hello and welcome,
Hope you enjoy the forums and galleries. nice to have someone from Northern calif.

Steve

 

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lenglish

New member

• Sep 4, 2002

• #3

Thanks, Steve. I have a bit of history with Bucks county - my mother's side of the family, surname Foxley, emigrated from there around 1860. More recently, when I worked for Tandem Computers a few years ago, I spent some time in High Wyckham and have friends there.

Do you have some favorite Bucks county hotspots for birding (feathered type)?

Larry

 

IanF

Moderator

• Sep 5, 2002

• #4

Hello Larry, welcome to Birdforum :bounce:
I'm afraid that I can't help you with the birding locations as I'm based in the northeast of the country. However I do hope that you can find plenty of interesting threads to pique your interest. Please feel free to participate in any of them.

 

WingedOne

Meditating

• Sep 5, 2002

• #5

Hello Larry and welcome!

Nice to see another Californian joining the forum. :t:

 

Funky

Well-known member

• Sep 7, 2002

• #6

Hello from Old Blighty! Welcome aboard the good ship 'BF'!

 

ralph

Old Hand

• Sep 7, 2002

• #7

Welcome to the Forum Larry!

I'll be spending a week in Cornwall at the end of September, and I'll spend most of that week camped on the Hayle Estuary where there is an RSPB reserve. It's supposed to be really good for birds, and if you want to know more then check out this link:

www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/reserves/disabled/hayle.asp

Hope it's of help!

 

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burhinus

Well-known member

• Sep 7, 2002

• #8

Hello lenglish and welcome to the bird forum.

I am not too familiar with Cornwall, only ventured down there a few times but Hayle Estuary may be worth a visit. Try to visit within two hours of high water.Also try truro and Tresillian Estuaries, should still be some waders at both and maybe a few early winter birds.

Good luck!

burhinus